[Dovecot] Last login tracking with login_executable

[Ed W]

  On 14/10/2010 15:04, Denny Lin wrote:
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible to read the username/password
> from a Dovecot config file (like userdb/passdb/quota/expire) instead of
> using my.cnf.

In that case I think just creating a script with the password in it, 
which is itself called from login process does what you need? (As Timo 
just said)

In Dovecot 2 there is a move to splitting the config files up to a 
greater extent, so I think it can be seen really as an extension of that 
if you have one more file knocking around?

However, do still remember that you should almost certainly create a 
separate database user for this task - this user can then be locked down 
(eg only insert access to a single table) and in that way there is a 
limit to the damage they could do even if the password were compromised?

I like people who think about security though - please consider writing 
up your final solution on that page of the wiki so that there is a "best 
practice" solution on there?

Cheers

Ed W